Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt

Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt

Author: Herman Haupt

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2015-08-09

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 9781515363729

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U.S. General Herman Haupt's reminiscences of his time serving the United States as Chief of the Bureau of the United States military railroads during the American Civil War and much more.


Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt (Classic Reprint)

Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt (Classic Reprint)

Author: Herman Haupt

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-09

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 9781331060932

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Excerpt from Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt There is too much truth in the Irish observation that "Ho one thinks of strewing flowers on a friend's grave till after he is dead." The writer entertained a decided feeling that a man like General Haupt, full of years, of goodness, of unselfish patriotism, and of widely fruitful deeds, certainly should have his "grave" bestrewn with the very choicest flowers while yet there was life to enjoy their fragrance. This feeling led to the publication of the present volume. The main portion of it, which is General Haupt's, was committed to writing by him in 1889. He had no intention of publishing the collection - merely desired to get into record form, for the gratification of his grandchildren and other immediate descendants, many important facts concerning our civil war which had entirely escaped the attention of historians - especially those in which he was either the foremost or a conspicuous actor. They embrace personal interviews with the President, Secretary of War, General Halleck, and the Generals in command of the armies in the field, of which there are no official records. While going over his manuscript in search of material to verify certain portions of a Life of Edwin M. Stanton, the writer discovered not only the general historical value of the matter, but that the almost abnormal modesty of the narrator had resulted in so much self-submergence as to entirely deprive him of many important honors to which he was incontestably entitled. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt

Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt

Author: Herman Haupt

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781019388204

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Step back in time to the Civil War era with this compelling firsthand account of the life of General Herman Haupt. Flower and Haupt provide fascinating details about military operations and offer insight into the personalities of key figures on both sides of the conflict. A must-read for Civil War enthusiasts. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt

Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt

Author: Herman Haupt

Publisher: Scholar's Choice

Published: 2015-02-08

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 9781295952397

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt

Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt

Author: Herman Haupt

Publisher:

Published: 2013-04-19

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9781462265305

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Hardcover reprint of the original 1901 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9". No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Haupt, Herman. Reminiscences Of General Herman Haupt: Giving Hitherto Unpublished Official Orders, Personal Narratives Of Important Military Operations, And Interviews With President Lincoln, Secretary Stanton, General-In-Chief Halleck, And With Generals Mcdowell, Mcclellan, Meade, Hancock, Burnside, And Others In Command Of The Armies In The Field, And His Impression Of These Men. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Haupt, Herman. Reminiscences Of General Herman Haupt: Giving Hitherto Unpublished Official Orders, Personal Narratives Of Important Military Operations, And Interviews With President Lincoln, Secretary Stanton, General-In-Chief Halleck, And With Generals Mcdowell, Mcclellan, Meade, Hancock, Burnside, And Others In Command Of The Armies In The Field, And His Impression Of These Men, . Milwaukee, Wis.: Wright & Joys Co., 1901. Subject: Haupt, Herman, 1817-1905


All Roads Led to Gettysburg

All Roads Led to Gettysburg

Author: Troy D. Harman

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2022-08-15

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 0811770656

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It has long been a trope of Civil War history that Gettysburg was an accidental battlefield. General Lee, the old story goes, marched blindly into Pennsylvania while his chief cavalryman Jeb Stuart rode and raided incommunicado. Meanwhile, General Meade, in command only a few days, gave uncertain chase to an enemy whose exact positions he did not know. And so these ignorant armies clashed by first light at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863. In the spirit of his iconoclastic Lee’s Real Plan at Gettysburg, Troy D. Harman argues for a new interpretation: once Lee invaded Pennsylvania and the Union army pursued, a battle at Gettysburg was entirely predictable, perhaps inevitable. Most Civil War battles took place along major roads, railroads, and waterways; the armies needed to move men and equipment, and they needed water for men, horses, and artillery. And yet this perspective hasn’t been fully explored when it comes to Gettysburg. Look at an 1863 map, says Harman: look at the area framed in the north by the Susquehanna River and in the south by the Potomac, in the east by the Northern Central Railroad and in the west by the Cumberland Valley Railroad. This is where the armies played a high-stakes game of chess in late June 1863. Their movements were guided by strategies of caution and constrained by roads, railroads, mountains and mountain passes, rivers and creeks, all of which led the armies to Gettysburg. It’s true that Lee was disadvantaged by Stuart’s roaming and Meade by his newness to command, which led both to default to the old strategic and logistical bedrocks they learned at West Point—and these instincts helped reinforce the magnetic pull toward Gettysburg. Moreover, once the battle started, Harman argues, the blue and gray fought tactically for the two creeks—Marsh and Rock, essential for watering men and horses and sponging artillery—that mark the battlefield in the east and the west as well as for the roadways that led to Gettysburg from all points of the compass. This is a perspective often overlooked in many accounts of the battle, which focus on the high ground—the Round Tops, Cemetery Hill—as key tactical objectives. Gettysburg Ranger and historian Troy Harman draws on a lifetime of researching the Civil War and more than thirty years of studying the terrain of Gettysburg and south-central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland to reframe the story of the Battle of Gettysburg. In the process he shows there’s still much to say about one of history’s most written-about battles. This is revisionism of the best kind.